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    to the chilblains.
    4. Ink or washing-soda applied to a ringworm will cure it.
    5. Cut a raw potato in halves and rub it on a wart and it will disappear.
    6. To cure an earache let the juice from a fresh burning ash stick fall into it.
    7. For a head-ache get a silk stocking and wet a small part of it. Tie it round the head pulling the wet part to the forehead.
    8. Bread soda applied to an aching tooth will relieve the pain.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamona, Co. Kilkenny